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Microsoft Windows Fraudulent Digital Certificates Spoofing Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Windows

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Microsoft Windows operating system and is prone to Spoofing vulnerability. This NVT has been replaced by OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801953.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is caused by an error related to the use of several revoked and fraudulent SSL certificates for public web sites, which could allow attackers to decrypt SSL traffic sent to legitimate web sites by manipulating the DNS servers and using the fraudulent certificates.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and prior. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and prior.

Solution

Solution

Apply the patch from below link.